How do I contact the FCC about RF interference? HELP!

Started by BlackFlag1313, January 25, 2007, 11:38:59 AM

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markm

I'd be interested to know whether it's an AM or FM station?

JonFrum

Near Boston there are three big TV transmission antennas along a major highway. When you drive by, the radio reception goes bad, depending on the frequency you have tuned in. The FCC says that you can't interfere with a licensed broadcast, but in fact it can't be avoided near the broadcast facilities themselves, so there has to be an exception. I think that you're just S.O.L. if you live near a big transmitter.

In a vaguely related situation, a guy built a house north of Boston very close to a power transmission line. In fact, it's so close that you get shocks off the doorknobs, or any other metal in the house. The town gave him a permit to build the house, but now they won't let him move in. In this case, it's a self-inflicted wound.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/10624711/detail.html

MKB

It's very possible that the radiated harmonics are within spec, but due to you being so close they are still strong enough to cause problems with some sensitive equipment.  I used to work in a lab that calibrated fiber optic equipment, the AM radio station within sight of the lab made some calibrations nearly impossible.  I was also in a band that practiced near an FCC weather radar station, every time the dish would swing around you'd hear a "brrrrr" in anything with a speaker.  The best one though is everything I build now, if it isn't shielded properly, receives the French language broadcast of Radio Canada International, a shortwave station.  It's just plain wierd (and annoying).

Meanderthal

 I have problems getting radio stations on... a radio. Gotta hook up cable to the stereo to get anything worth listening to.
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